Rum

Review #1388; Rum #690 Here we have a new American independent bottler I am not familiar with. Mainland rum is a new player in the rum IB game with the goal of finding and bottling rum distilled in the Mainland US and bringing it to people. They just started releasing casks this year in 2025. […]

Review #1386; Rum #689 This is a rum from New Orleans, Louisana based distillery Roulaison (I’ll link my visit to their distillery below). This rum was distilled from molasses on alembic style stills and put into ex-bourbon casks for 5 years before being bottled as a bottled in bond product, which is a legal qualification

Review #1385; Rum #688 Here we have a bottling from Bedford Park, a relative newcomer in the Independent bottler game, but one who has released some stuff I’ve really enjoyed. This bottling is a Jamaican rum from Hampden Estate. This rum was distilled from molasses on a pot still and aged in Europe for 23

Review #1384; Rum #687 Here we have a bottling of Viche (a Colombian cane spirit) produced by Viche Master Vicky Martínez Cuenú. This viche is produced in Sivirú, Bajo Baudó, Chocó. This viche is produced from “pateperro” sugarcane and “coibatores” varietal, with the pateperro having been planted for over 100 years. It is milled in

Review #1383; Rum #686 Here we have rum from Bacardi, that giant multinational brand that somehow has its bottles all over the world. This is their “Anejo Cuatro” which purports per their website to have undergone a minimum of for years ageing in the tropics in American White Oask casks, and is filtered through charcoal

Review #1382; Rum #685 This is a bottling of rum from Independent bottler Bedford Park. This rum was distilled at Long Pond on a column still from molasses and is the CRV Marque, a very low ester Marque coming in between 0-20 gr/hLAA. This rum was then aged in Jamaica for 13 years in a

Review #1381; Rum #684 Here we have a single cask of New Yarmouth rum bottled by Gregarious Grump, an independent bottler located in the United States. This rum was distilled from molasses at the New Yarmouth distillery on a column still and probably part of that parcel of tropically aged New Yarmouths that all came

Review #1380; Rum #683 Bounty White is a rum made at the Saint Lucia Distillers rum distillery on the island of Saint Lucia. This rum is distilled from molasses on a 100% column still, aged for 2 years in ex-bourbon casks on the island, then charcoal filtered to remove the color. Distillery: Saint Lucia Distillers Bottler:Saint

Review #1379; Rum #682 This is a bottle of rum that is distilled from molasses as a pot and column blend pre-cask at the Foursquare distillery on Barbados. This rum is aged for at least 5 years, likely in ex-bourbon, and bottled with no additives. Distillery: Foursquare Bottler: Foursquare Region: Barbados Still: Pot & Column Blend ABV: 43% Nose: Vanilla, Toffee,

Review #1378; Rum #681 Here we have a limited release of an unaged cane juice rum from Alambique Serrano. This release was fermented for 25 days with wild yeast in open pine vats before being double distilled in a copper pot still and bottled at a high proof with no additives. Distillery: Krassel Brothers Distillery Bottler: Alambique